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Definition of Deossification
1. Noun. The loss of the mineral content of bone tissue.
Medical Definition of Deossification
1. Removal of the mineral constituents of bone. Origin: L. De, from, + os, bone, + facio, to make (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deossification
Literary usage of Deossification
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Primary Factors of Organic Evolution by Edward Drinker Cope (1904)
"The branchial apparatus has undergone, as in the eels, successive deossification (by
retardation), and this in direct relation to the degree with which the ..."
2. The Origin of the Fittest: Essays on Evolution by Edward Drinker Cope (1886)
"and then the fin itself (Fistularia, Pegasus). The branchial apparatus has
undergone, as in the eels, successive deossification (by retardation) ..."
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